A teenager said she had sex with a Tarpon Springs police officer she worked with while she was a student at Tarpon Springs High School, but she was 18 at the time and had already graduated, according to a criminal case file released this morning by the police department. ...more

February 18, 2009

If a closed-door meeting today is any indication, the police department and the city's convenience store owners are at loggerheads over which safety measures the stores should install to ward off robbers. ...more

February 3, 2009

Police administrators ruled this morning that St. Petersburg police Officer Terrence Nemeth did nothing wrong when he fatally shot 17-year-old Javon Dawson in June. ...more

November 3, 2008

Police administrators are expected to decide whether a city police officer violated policy when he drew his Taser and put it against the head of a Boston Red Sox fan Wednesday night. ...more

September 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Police administrators are expected to decide whether a city police officer violated policy when he drew his Taser and put it against the head of a Boston Red Sox fan Wednesday night. Veteran officer Patrick McGovern did not fire the weapon, however. ...more

September 19, 2008

Police administrators said they warned cab company owners Thursday morning that having cabbies carry guns is not the answer to the city's recent increase in taxi robberies. ...more

July 25, 2008

Had he not retired, a St. Petersburg police officer would have been fired for posting degrading computer-altered pictures of police administrators and others on a Web site popular in the law enforcement community, according to a memorandum released this afternoon. ...more

July 24, 2008

Police administrators said they warned cab company owners this morning that cabbies carrying guns is not the answer to the city's recent increase in taxi robberies. ...more

July 24, 2008

A woman accused of waiting more than hour to get her injured toddler to the hospital following a crash and police chase in Bradenton now faces charges of vehicular homicide. ...more

July 16, 2008

Everyone, with the possible exception of wealthy folks who don't care, is looking at ways to trim fuel expenses. Local governments certainly are trying to save money where they can, and every option is on the table. That's as it should be. But we also think it's unreasonable to devise gimmicky fuel savings by telling law enforcement and others to brave Florida's sweltering heat to save a buck or two. The good news is that our local law enforcement agencies are not doing that. ...more

July 10, 2008